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Floor Packet Page No. 427                                                    

	
Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     

(1)  In Article VII of the bill, add the following 	appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the 
Texas Workforce Commission:
	___.  FEDERAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITY DOLLARS.  If 
federal law requires that at least six percent of the grant under 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
Section 9858 et seq.), as amended, be used for quality improvement 
activities and if authorized by federal law, the Texas Workforce 
Commission shall transfer to the Department of Protective and 
Regulatory Services a portion of the money appropriated to the 
commission in Strategy A.1.1, Child Care Services.  The amount 
transferred must be attributable to the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant and may not exceed two percent of that grant.
	(2)  In Article II of the bill, add the following 
appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the 
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services:
	___.  FEDERAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITY DOLLARS.  If the 
Texas Workforce Commission transfers to the Department of 
Protective and Regulatory Services a portion of the money received 
under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. Section 9858 et seq.), as amended,  and appropriated to the 
commission in Strategy A.1.1, Child Care Services, the department 
shall use the transferred money to provide grants to community 
organizations or institutions of higher education for the purpose 
of developing a quality rating system for child-care, 
prekindergarten, and federal Head Start programs in one region of 
this state.  A person or entity who receives a grant from the 
department shall:
		(1)  collaborate with the department to develop a model 
quality rating system through which licensed child-care providers, 
prekindergarten providers, and Head Start program providers are 
evaluated on a weighted scale that includes promoting school 
readiness for children as a factor;
		(2)  obtain matching funds from local governments, 
businesses, or charitable organizations in an amount prescribed by 
the department;  and
		(3)  in conjunction with the department, report to the 
legislature on the effectiveness of the rating system and the 
potential costs of implementing the rating system statewide as a 
replacement for the existing child-care licensing system, and make 
recommendations on methods to inform parents about the quality 
rating system if the system is adopted statewide.